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Chicago Tribune’s Mary Schmich Keynotes 26th Annual Kogan Media Awards

offer. We are proud to support journalists who vigorously cover lawyers, police, the courts and our justice system. We depend upon their hard- hitting coverage of critical public affairs issues.” “We are also happy to support journalism students through the Kogan Awards scholarships. The money we provide to students study- ing journalism or related subjects helps assure another generation of great reporters,” he said. About the Keynote Speaker Mary Theresa Schmich was born in Savannah, Ga., the oldest of eight children, and spent her childhood in Geor- gia. She attended high school in Phoenix then earned a B.A. at Pomona College in

for 25 years, until 2010. She plays piano and mandolin and teaches yoga. She and Eric Zorn host the annual “Songs of Good Cheer” singalong at the Old Town School of Folk Music. She won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for “Commentary.” About the Herman Kogan Media Awards The Kogan awards are presented to journal- ists who cover topics related to the law, the courts, or the administration of justice. The top award in each category carries a $1000 prize in the form of a scholarship presented to the journalism or English program at the college or university of the winner’s choice. The Kogan Award Competition, estab- lished in 1989, celebrates the career of Herman Kogan, whose career spanned more than 50 years and included experi- ence as a reporter, feature and editorial writer, editor, author, historian, biographer, literary critic, radio host and television executive. Ti cket s to the Kogan Award Luncheon are $60. To reserve your space, call 312/554-2013 or e-mail khighley@chicagobar.org. Awards will be presented to journalists in the categories of print, broadcast and online reporting.

By Linda Heacox CBA Public Affairs Director P ulitizer Prize winning columnist Mary Schmich will keynote the 26 th annual Herman Kogan Media Awards luncheon on Wednesday, May 6, at Maggiano’s restaurant, 516 N. Clark Street, Chicago. Dennis Culloton, Chair of the Kogan Awards Committee of the Chicago Bar Association (CBA), said, “For more than a quarter century, the CBA has been hon- oring the best Chicago journalism has to

Claremont, Calif. After working in college admissions for three years and spending a year and a half in France, she attended journalism school at Stanford. She has worked as a reporter at the PeninsulaTimes Tribune in Palo Alto, Calif., at the Orlando Sentinel and, since 1985, at the ChicagoTribune . She spent five years as a Tribune national correspondent based in Atlanta. She has written a column for the Chicago Tribune since 1992, except for the year she spent at Harvard on a Nieman fellowship for journalists. She wrote the “Brenda Starr” comic strip

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